VALMORE FRANQUIZ
About surveyor
The multinational corporations in
which he has worked:
* Mobil Oil Company – El Palito Refinery, Venezuela – Laboratory Staff – 1974/75
* Merck S.A., Caracas, Venezuela – Diagnostica Department – 1984/85
* Bayer de Venezuela, S.A. – Quality, R&D, and Environmental Manager – 1985/91
* Purina de Venezuela, C.A. – Quality Control Manager (Encricijada Plant) – 1991
* Royal – Delmonte (Nabisco International) – R&D Technical Manager – 1991/1993
VALMORE is a naturalized American Citizen, fluently in Spanish and English Languages.
In 1993, he founded VALFRAN, Srl. an independent consulting business specialized in ISO-9000 and
other areas of chemical and food industries. In 1994 he entered to the Maritime Industry contracted by
Purina de Venezuela, C.A. (a subsidiary of Ralston – Purina, Missouri, USA) to supervise and verify
cargoes quality and quantity, and planning the logistic of land transportation and warehousing of all
shipments of this corporation to the ports located in Venezuela (Puerto Cabelo, Maracaibo, Guanta).
Then, in 1995 he founded VF TEAM, C.A. (Surveyors and Port Services) in which he organized a
group of professionals in Maritime Industry in order to provide a solid service on the fields: maritime
cargoes and naval surveying to dry bulk carriers, petroleum products (crude and refined oils), vegetable
oils and fats, container inspections; warehousing logistics, logistics of land transportation and safety and
security of the cargo. Quality and quantity of cargoes, claim adjustments and legal affairs.
On September 2006, he moved to the State of Louisiana, U.S.A., and in 2007 he started to work with
Maritime and Commodities Services, LLC, at New Orleans, LA, as a Marine Surveyor. This company
merged to Marine Inspections, LLC., in 2009. Then, on October 2010, he founded as a sole
proprietorship: SHIP SURVEY TEAM, LLC., Surveyors and Port Services, to cover the Gulf of
Mexico and the Mississippi River, but to be able to serve at any port worldwide in his field of action.
Actually, he is located in the Houston Area, Texas, USA.
From 1993 to date, VALMORE R. FRANQUIZ has attended about 1115 different ships performing the
following activities:
CLAIMS AND LOSS ADJUSTMENT: Assistance, representing, and underwriting for:
* Maritime Lawyers
* P&I Correspondents
* Ship Owners and Charterers
* Insurance companies and Loss Adjusters
* Ship agencies
* Other Maritime Surveyors
LOADING AND UNLOADING VESSELS: Bulk carriers
* Inspection of the vessel
* Sampling and analysis of cargo goods
* Verification and certification of cargo (Weight and Quality)
* Logistic of loading and unloading vessels
* Draught and Bunker Surveys
* ON/OFF hire surveys
OIL TANKERS AND TERMINALS:
* Measurements in vessel´s tanks and shore tanks
* Prevention and loss control
* Voyage analysis
* Sampling and analysis of cargoes
CONTAINERS:
* General Inspections: Empty and Loaded
* Safety and security of cargoes
* Verification and certification of cargo
* Handling claims and loss adjustments
MISCELLANEOUS:
* Shore warehousing logistics
* Land transportation logistics
* Special Investigations
* Teaching: Training in Draught and Bunker Surveys, SQC and others.
PUBLICATION (In the Maritime Industry field):
“Draught Survey Manual”, Valmore R. Franquiz. Published by MCS Technology, LLC., 2010
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